Index / Search / Lespedeza cuneata
§1 Plant
Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don
vernacular sericea lespedeza — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Lespedeza
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 671 counties across 29 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 671 counties across 29 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 56 I ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Randolph 05121
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Baker 13007
- Catoosa 13047
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Dawson 13085
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Lumpkin 13187
- Madison 13195
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Spalding 13255
- Wilkes 13317
Illinois view state ↗ 41 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Johnson 17087
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Washington 17189
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 22 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 48 I ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Bracken 21023
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jessamine 21113
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Oldham 21185
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Marshall 28093
- Montgomery 28097
- Neshoba 28099
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 47 I ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Chariton 29041
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dunklin 29069
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Washington 29221
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 68 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Ohio view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Warren 47177
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 78 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LECU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8114276 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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